Gloria Parker v. Broadcast Music, Inc.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.

This copyright infringement action was commenced on July 23, 1957. On September 5, 1957 issue was joined. In the fall of that year defendant started to take the deposition of plaintiff, and in the course of that deposition proceeding plaintiff refused to answer certain questions and refused to produce certain requested documents. Defendant then moved to compel plaintiff to answer the unanswered questions and to compel the production of the desired documents. When this motion was heard in November 1957, plaintiff’s then attorney, in plaintiff’s presence, consented to…